Rossini: Quartets for Flute & Strings / Guidetti, Simoncini, Comuzzi
Details
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Artist
- Luca, Alessandro, Simoncini, Nicola, Simoncini, Demetrio, Guidetti, Comuzzi
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Tactus
- Released
- Oct 07, 2022
- Catalog #
- TC791806
- UPC
- 8007194107906
About
Although now Rossini is remembered for his operatic production, his career had begun as a composer of chamber music. In 1804 the 12-year-old Gioachino was invited to spend the summer in the villa of his friend Agostino Triossi in Conventello. This rich landowner, who was an amateur double-bass player, was in the habit of organising concerts and musical gatherings: Rossini composed many instrumental pieces for him. The "Sei sonate a quattro for two violins, cello and double-bass" were composed for one of these occasions.
As Rossini himself related, “They are six horrible sonatas, composed by me during a holiday near Ravenna, in the house of my friend and patron Agostino Triossi, at a more than childish age, when I had not even had a single accompaniment lesson, and the whole thing was composed and copied in three days and performed dreadfully by Triossi, double-bass, Morini (his cousin) first violin, his brother, cello, and the second violin was me, who, to own the truth, was the least dreadful.”
We must not be misled by such a negative opinion. These sonatas, though elementary from a formal point of view, are genuine and quite inspired: the contrast between the brilliant passages and the lyrical/sentimental ones already reveals what a skillful opera composer Rossini was to become.
Tracklist 12 tracks
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1 I. Moderato 07:38
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Moderato
- Duration
- 07:38
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Performer
- Nicola Guidetti, Alessandro Simoncini, Demetrio Comuzzi, Luca Simoncini
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2 II. Andante 04:04
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Andante
- Duration
- 04:04
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Performer
- Nicola Guidetti, Alessandro Simoncini, Demetrio Comuzzi, Luca Simoncini
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3 III. Rondo: Allegro 02:33
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Rondo: Allegro
- Duration
- 02:33
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Performer
- Nicola Guidetti, Alessandro Simoncini, Demetrio Comuzzi, Luca Simoncini
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4 I. Allegro 10:44
- Track
- 4
- Title
- I. Allegro
- Duration
- 10:44
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Performer
- Nicola Guidetti, Alessandro Simoncini, Demetrio Comuzzi, Luca Simoncini
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5 II. Andante 03:06
- Track
- 5
- Title
- II. Andante
- Duration
- 03:06
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Performer
- Nicola Guidetti, Alessandro Simoncini, Demetrio Comuzzi, Luca Simoncini
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6 III. Rondo: Allegro 02:11
- Track
- 6
- Title
- III. Rondo: Allegro
- Duration
- 02:11
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Performer
- Nicola Guidetti, Alessandro Simoncini, Demetrio Comuzzi, Luca Simoncini
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7 I. Allegro vivace 10:30
- Track
- 7
- Title
- I. Allegro vivace
- Duration
- 10:30
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Performer
- Nicola Guidetti, Alessandro Simoncini, Demetrio Comuzzi, Luca Simoncini
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8 II. Andante 03:41
- Track
- 8
- Title
- II. Andante
- Duration
- 03:41
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Performer
- Nicola Guidetti, Alessandro Simoncini, Demetrio Comuzzi, Luca Simoncini
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9 III. Allegretto 02:42
- Track
- 9
- Title
- III. Allegretto
- Duration
- 02:42
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Performer
- Nicola Guidetti, Alessandro Simoncini, Demetrio Comuzzi, Luca Simoncini
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10 I. Allegro spiritoso 10:48
- Track
- 10
- Title
- I. Allegro spiritoso
- Duration
- 10:48
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Performer
- Nicola Guidetti, Alessandro Simoncini, Demetrio Comuzzi, Luca Simoncini
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11 II. Andante assai 02:46
- Track
- 11
- Title
- II. Andante assai
- Duration
- 02:46
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Performer
- Nicola Guidetti, Alessandro Simoncini, Demetrio Comuzzi, Luca Simoncini
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12 III. Allegro tempesta 05:43
- Track
- 12
- Title
- III. Allegro tempesta
- Duration
- 05:43
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Performer
- Nicola Guidetti, Alessandro Simoncini, Demetrio Comuzzi, Luca Simoncini